by Laura Rote | Jun 14, 2021 | Studio Tours
“Behind the Mic” goes behind the scenes to photograph some of the most exciting podcast studios across the world, documenting the creative and production processes as well as the technology used to bring each episode to life. In Los Angeles and New York,... 
by Laura Rote | May 3, 2021 | Studio Tours
I’m pretty sure Bartees Strange is washing dishes when I call. He’s got an hour before he has to be at the recording studio. “I feel really grateful,” the 32-year-old tells me, looking back over last year. “I thought Live Forever was special, but I had no idea I would... 
by Laura Rote | May 3, 2021 | Products
When Milan-based designer Marc Sadler graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris back in 1968, he had a solid idea of what he thought a designer’s mission should be. “Form and function were the key concepts,” he says. “The egg has a... 
by Laura Rote | May 3, 2021 | Design
When David Karásek looked around the mmcité warehouse at stacks upon stacks of wooden cutoffs—scraps so small other manufacturers would throw them out—he knew something beautiful could be built from them. He just wasn’t sure what. The sustainable street furniture... 
by Laura Rote | May 3, 2021 | Products
A 14,000-square-foot home 30 minutes outside of Toronto, in the distinguished Lorne Park area, is the kind of interior design project Eva Healy dreams about. The homeowners had a bold vision and a seemingly endless budget. And they brought on Eva, owner and principal... 
by Laura Rote | May 3, 2021 | Products
LA Architect Dan Brunn is known for modern, minimalist work that brings the outside in. Inspired by the Bauhaus architecture of his native Tel Aviv, he reinterprets Modernist principles in minimalist designs like this one—a high-traffic home that also serves as a bit... 
by Laura Rote | May 3, 2021 | Products
A bit of wonder. An unexpected twist. These are two of the imprints you’ll find on every Marcel Wanders studio design. “We are at our best when we design for people whereby we love to surprise—evoking an emotional involuntary response of joy and enlightenment,” says... 
by Laura Rote | May 3, 2021 | Products
“Our kitchen is our most used room and the nucleus of the entire house,” says Avi Abel, president of Watermark Designs, the Brooklyn-based manufacturer of luxury kitchen and bath faucets. “I love how we can gather around the island, with the sink and faucets at its... 
by Laura Rote | Apr 28, 2021 | Design
In the 1980s, when conformity was the rule of law in China, young Ying Gao got a glimpse of deviation from the norm at a Yves Saint Laurent exhibition in Beijing. “At that time I didn’t know what was beautiful, elegant, refined. I didn’t know that vocabulary, but what... 
by Laura Rote | Apr 28, 2021 | Travel
“You know when you see something incredible and you want to immediately pull your camera out and film it? Like a sunset or a magic trick or a concert? That’s what I felt like seeing these rooms for the first time,” says photographer Margaret Bienert, one half of the A... 
by Laura Rote | Apr 23, 2021 | Design
Daniel To and Emma Aiston have been partners in work and life for 18 years. Today they work from home in their back garden studio in South Australia. “It’s far enough from our main home to make it feel as though we are going to ‘work’ but close enough to enjoy all of... 
by Laura Rote | Apr 22, 2021 | Studio Tours
“I’m stubborn, and I enjoy repetition.” That’s ultimately how author Viet Thanh Nguyen was able to take home the Pulitzer Prize, writing every day and trudging on for nearly 20 years even in the face of countless rejection letters (he got 13 in one day for what would... 